A psychologist once asked me if our family sits down for dinner together every night. I just looked at him in disbelief, thinking that I no longer needed to inquire if he had any children himself.

I told him that, yes, we do sit down for dinner together, whenever my son doesn't have baseball practice, or a baseball game, or soccer practice, or a massive homework project that he was supposed to finish yesterday.

That's about once or twice a year. And we would sit down for dinner together then, if it weren't for the fact that, on those nights, my daughter usually has soccer practice or choir rehearsal or confirmation class or a dance recital or a massive homework project that she was supposed to finish yesterday.

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